Distance: 2.1 km (1.3 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 389m to 839m. Gain: 468m. Loss: 20m . Gradient: 14 deg (Moderate-hard)
Skills:

Tramping track (4/9)
Cut, marked tramping track: natural, rough ground surface

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Moderate-hard (difficulty: 4/5)
Continuous moderate climbs

Easy-moderate (difficulty: 2/5)
Tussock / river-gravel / open bush / cut track

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

From just behind the hut, the track climbs steeply for the first 300m or so (35 minutes), then settles down to a more enjoyable ramble along the spur.

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the junction head down the ridge. Fairly gentle to begin with, it drops steeply down to the hut. The last few hundred metres are hard on the knees